{"product_id":"9781032290997-introducing-chinese-philosophy","title":"Introducing Chinese Philosophy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Warring States to the 21st Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an introductory survey of the major themes, thinkers and texts, philosophical genres and profound insights of the Chinese philosophical tradition. Its coverage ranges from the foundational history of Chinese thought in the 6th-5th centuries BCE up to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an introductory survey of the major themes, thinkers and texts, philosophical genres and profound insights of the Chinese philosophical tradition. Its coverage ranges from the foundational history of Chinese thought in the 6th–5th centuries BCE up to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first two chapters provide an overview of the broad history of Chinese philosophy, identifying its major texts and thinkers, and offer examples of the different literary styles in which philosophy was written throughout the ages. The remaining chapters explore major and ever-pervasive themes of Chinese philosophical reflection, from a holistic portrayal of the natural order and the relational nature of human beings to debates about ethics and personhood that span the entire development of the heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe major questions addressed by the volume are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the most important texts and who are the most influential figures of the history of Chinese philosophy, and what were their historical and social circumstances?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow did Chinese thinkers work in such a variety of literary styles: from dramatized conversation, storytelling and poetry to commentary and analysis to the many different genres of Buddhist literature to modern historical and academic writing?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the varieties of cosmic or natural holism found in the various schools of Chinese philosophy—“Proto-Daoist,” Buddhist, Confucian and modern—and how are they articulated and defended?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow have Chinese philosophers throughout history presented the nature of the person, in Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist and contemporary perspectives? Why is the notion of the relational person so persistently central to Chinese thought? How was the personhood of women conceptualized throughout the centuries, particularly by Chinese women philosophers?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow did the various notions of personhood shape Chinese philosophers’ views of ethics and the ideal social and political order? How did Confucian, Mohist, Legalist, Daoist and Buddhist perspectives on these issues change through the centuries up to the present?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes sections for Further Readings, and a Glossary at the back of the book briefly describes the major time periods, figures, themes and concepts in Chinese philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents an overview of important thinkers, ideas and debates from the entire history of Chinese philosophy up to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcquaints readers with the many varieties of literary style and frameworks of formal argumentation that have existed in the Chinese tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentifies the major themes of the Chinese tradition while showing how various schools and thinkers dealt with them differently\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the importance of relational personhood and the various ways it is formulated in Chinese philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of how women philosophers present their own personhood, in Chinese history and up to today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines the many different ethical and political implications of Chinese theories of personhood throughout the culture’s and state’s history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGives the reader a sense of the complexity, nuances, and insights of modern Chinese thinkers on politics and society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55407942664566,"sku":"9781032290997","price":50.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33588802.jpg?v=1758786773","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032290997-introducing-chinese-philosophy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}